Breckenridge Texan

Annual Livestock Show to kickoff Thursday

The 2019 Stephens County Junior Livestock Show and Sale will kick off Thursday evening, Jan. 10, at the Stephens County Ag Center on U.S. Highway 180, east of Breckenridge.

The show will officially start Thursday with the weigh-ins of the rabbits, goats, sheep, swine and poultry and will continue through the sale Saturday afternoon, Jan. 12. Thursday’s events also will include the check-in and judging of the ag mechanics projects and the rabbit judging.

Friday’s schedule includes the judging of the poultry, sheep, goats and swine, as well as the cattle weigh-in and the Pee Wee Show. On Saturday, the SCJLS will continue with the cattle judging, the presentation of the Jacob Jackson Master Showmanship award and the floral design judging. The show will wrap up with the buyers luncheon and the sale.

All of the exhibitors must participate in the cleanup beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14.

For the complete list of times and events, including a downloadable version, see the “Schedule of Events” below.

The show is open to open to all active 4-H Club members who are at least 9 years old or were in the third grade on the day of the initial validations, or who are active FFA members in Stephens County and who are full time students in Stephens County but have not graduated from high school.

This year’s General Show Chairman is Zach Shortes.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSThursday Jan. 105 – 6 p.m.
Weigh in of Rabbits

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Weigh in of Goats
Weigh in of Sheep
Weigh in of Swine
Weigh in of Poultry

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Check in of Ag Mechanics Projects

7 p.m.
Judging of Ag Mechanics Projects

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Judging of Breeding Rabbits

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Judging of Market Rabbits

8:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Judging of County Born and Bred Rabbits

8:45 – 9:15 p.m.
Judging of Rabbit Showmanship

Friday Jan. 119 – 9:30 a.m.
Judging of Poultry

9:30 – 11 a.m.
Judging of Breeding Sheep
Judging of Market Sheep
Judging of County Born and Bred Sheep
Judging of Sheep Showmanship

Cutline, top photo: At the 2018 Stephens County Junior Livestock Show, Kadynce Kennedy took home the two grand champion awards in the Cattle Division, the Grand Champion Heifer and the Grand Champion Steer. This year’s livestock show starts Thursday evening, Jan. 10.(Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)